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Since 2003, the Friends of the Shenandoah River have consistently provided quality water monitoring data to DEQ. ....FOSR provides nearly the same list of routinely monitored parameters sampled by DEQ ....adheres to the same quality assurance standards DEQ practices.
....the data provided by FOSR has allowed DEQ to expand its monitoring coverage of the State as required by the Clean Water Act. ....FOSR provided water quality data covering 873 stream miles. ....these data represent roughly 20% of the total stream miles monitored by citizen volunteers from 2005 to 2010.
....With their support, we can enhance the pool of quality data available in the watershed to strengthen our protection of these highly valued waters. On behalf of the Citizens of the Commonwealth, we extend our appreciation.

FOSR’s 2020 Summer E. coli Results through 05.20.2020

FOSR’s Summer E. coli Testing Project at public access and recreational use areas on the Main Stem, North Fork, and South Fork of the Shenandoah River and Opequon Creek

Up until the middle of last year, Virginia’s water quality standard for freshwater beach advisories or closures was a single sample maximum of 235 E.coli CFU/100 ml of sample.Virginia no longer has a single sample maximum or any criteria for primary recreational contact in freshwaters.

These are the E. coli concentration results for the water samples that were collected yesterday, Wednesday, May 20, 2020. In a freshwater system, these data represent a snapshot of the water quality on the date, time, and under the conditions that the water sample was collected.

At 1 of the 14 sites tested on Wednesday May 20, 2020 the E. coli levels exceeded the “previous” Virginia Water Quality Standard threshold level of 235 colony-forming units of E. coli per 100 ml of sample for freshwater beaches. This site was:

FW36, Manassas Run, a tributary the feeds into the Main-stem Shenandoah River just upstream of the public boat landing at Morgan’s Ford Bridge on Morgans Ford Road, Warren County